Athletics, aka track and field was among the sports to be contested at the 2019 South Asian Games.

[1] The sport was hosted at the Dasarath Stadium.

Hassan Saaid of the Maldives, won his country's first ever South Asian Games gold medal.

[2] Sri Lanka topped the medal count, winning a total of 15 gold medals, marking the first time since the 1993 games where the country has topped the athletics medal table.

[3] *   Host nation (Nepal)